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Advice for improving V from 25 to 35 & Q from 42 to 50

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by bourneJ » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:15 am
Hi,
I recently gave my GMAT and scored a disappointing 550. I 'm retaking the exam on Oct 22. Any advice on how to improve my score by 10 points in each section. I dont think 550 is a true representation of my preparation, even though my highest score was only 620, i was confident that I would score around 650 at the GMAT. Any advice on how to proceed and study??
Following are my previous scores from CATs

MGMT CAT 1 :Q-39 V30 590
CAT 2 : Q 46 V 29 610
CAT 3: Q 44 V 31 610
CAT 4 : Q43 V 28 580
CAT 5 :Q 45 V 31 610
GMAT PREP CAT 1: 580
CAT 2 : 620

GMAT : Q 42 V 25: 550
On The day of my GMAT I tried to follow my usual routine. During the Quant section i felt the questions were tougher than the one I have come across during my 7-8 CAT's. First question was a geometry question and around 15 question was a overlapping set. I got couple statistics questions later in the section also. I think I got questions wrong which I would normally get right and was short on time towards the end of the section.

In the Verbal section, first question was SC followed by a CR. Around 10th question I got an RC which I thought was very difficult to comprehend. In the verbal section the pacing was ok for most part. I had sufficient time to answer all questions. I 'm not sure what I could have done better in verbal to improve my score on the GMAT.

Going forward, for verbal I 'm thinking of concentrating more on CR & RC with some regular practice of SC. And for Quant not sure how to proceed.

Any suggestions for improving my scores and strategies would be great.
Thanks
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:49 am
bourneJ wrote:I dont think 550 is a true representation of my preparation, even though my highest score was only 620, i was confident that I would score around 650 at the GMAT.
While there are some students who absolutely thrive in the official testing environment and surpass their practice scores, this is a very rare exception.

I always recommend that students beat their target score at least twice before even considering taking the test. Doing so will give you the confidence needed to beat the GMAT.

Cheers,
Brent
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